Wrapping up the break

Unfortunately, my winter break is about to end. On a positive note, however, I am very excited for the classes I am going to be taking Spring semester. Here is a brief overview of my upcoming schedule.

Tuesday and Thursday morning starting at 8 a.m. I have a statistics class. This should be good, even though being on campus by 8 means getting up pretty early to catch a 7:10 a.m. bus.

Also on Tuesdays I have an automaticity class over at Duke. What is automaticity you may be asking? I am not completely sure, which is why I am taking the class. What I do know is that it is a process that involves automatic responses, and these can sometimes impact our health. For example, a person may be so used to smoking every time he or she drinks that even though he or she has decided to quit, the action itself could be almost automatic. It should be interesting, and I think it is great that we are allowed to take classes at other universities because Duke has some amazing classes and professors.

Then I head back to UNC on Tuesday to take a Mass Communication History class. This is a required course, but it sounds like it could be pretty interesting. One of our first readings involves Princess Diana (yes, we already have assigned readings).

My Wednesdays are pretty open except for a meeting for the UNC health communication blog I help run: upstreamdownstream.org. Check it out if you are interested in health or communication, and especially if you are interested in both. I typically post on Mondays.

Thursdays start off with another dose of stats, and then I have two methods classes. I am taking a class in designing experiments and conducting content analyses. Both of these should be really interesting and helpful, and hopefully I can get some good projects out of them.

So that is pretty much an overview of my schedule. You may have noticed that I did not mention any classes on Monday or Friday. That is because I don't have them! Although my days will be booked Tuesday and Thursday, I will have plenty of time to do my readings on Monday and Friday, and I won't even have to leave the house. :-)